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And @brunamoura officially announced

Meanwhile using the break to say I am mostly absent here this time, unlike usually, but for good reason: besides being busy with Bruna's races and so on, it seems like - and that still is a big 'seems like', it is not yet official - her opponent in the fight for the Olympic cross-country skiing ticket has thrown in the towel, won't race tomorrow (the last day of qualifying) and with that.....it would be our very own (and my very own ) Bruna who qualifies for the Olympics As most here probably know, she qualified for Beijing, but had a bad car accident on the way in which the driver died and she had to be airlifted to the hospital. An accident that happened not 100km from where the Olympics will be next month... Again, nothing official yet and out of caution I haven't really shared much about it in the past months here, but I did want to take the moment to mention this carefully good news on a day that is always already so positive - TISC Grand Final Day

Merry Christmas to you all. Yes in Sweden the big day is today December 24, Christmas Eve.

TISC Annual 2025 - Voting Order & Provisional Grand Final Date I have arranged a voting schedule for the upcoming TISC Annual 2025. Please see your jury's designated voting time in the table below. For convenience I have included a column showing the host country time in GMT and the local time for each jury based on their specific time-zone. Please check to ensure the local time shown is correct as mistakes can happen! Fortunately I have only had to make one swap to ensure every jury has a voting window within a reasonable time in their local time. That was achieved by swapping and . China will now vote in position #12 while moves to position #25. For any juries who cannot personally deliver their votes during the live Grand Final, I will post their votes on their behalf. Now that I have the voting schedule, I can begin work on the voting and scoreboard templates. The provisional date I am setting for the Grand Final - Saturday 17th January. That's just under 3 weeks from now which I feel is necessary to allow enough time for me to fit in all the preparations around the holidays and an upcoming exam! Session 1 Host Time (GMT) Local Time Jury Voting 09:00 10:00 Denmark 09:10 10:10 Sweden 09:20 10:20 Slovakia 09:30 16:30 Indonesia 09:40 09:40 Great Britain 09:50 10:50 Italy 10:00 11:00 Spain 10:10 15:10 Kazakhstan Break 10:20 - 12:00 GMT Session 2 Host Time Local Time Jury Voting 12:00 14:00 Ukraine 12:10 14:10 Bulgaria 12:20 13:20 Germany 12:30 20:30 China 12:40 13:40 France 12:50 18:20 India 13:00 14:00 Tunisia 13:10 13:10 Portugal 13:20 15:20 Greece Break 13:30 - 16:00 GMT Session 3 Host Time Local Time Jury Voting 16:00 18:00 Israel 16:10 17:10 Serbia 16:20 18:20 Romania 16:30 13:30 Brazil 16:40 17:40 Poland 16:50 10:50 Mexico 17:00 18:00 Netherlands 17:10 12:10 United States 17:20 18:20 Slovenia Break 17:30 - 19:00 GMT Session 4 Host Time Local Time Jury Voting 19:00 22:00 Turkey 19:10 20:10 Albania 19:20 20:20 Malta 19:30 19:30 Ireland 19:40 16:40 Argentina 19:50 21:50 Lithuania 20:00 14:00 Guatemala 20:10 12:10 Canada

CANADA Greenland 12 Sweden 11 China 10 Indonesia 9 India 8 Turkey 7 Guatemala 6 Kazakhstan 5 Malta 4 Mexico 3 Great Britain 2 Israel 1

We have made it to the end of tonight's opening ceremony. A sincere thanks to all who followed along and for all the performers. See you all tomorrow.... You didn't think I forgot, did you?? In keeping with TISC opening ceremony tradition, let's take a sneak peek at the TISC Annual 2025 Scoreboard.... without the scores of course . It won't be a static scoreboard for this edition, meaning nations will move up and down the scoreboard after each round of votes, based on their rank and this will be displayed in real-time after each jury votes. Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2025 Juries Voted: 0/34 1 Albania 0 18 Kazakhstan 0 2 Argentina 0 19 Lithuania 0 3 Brazil 0 20 Malta 0 4 Bulgaria 0 21 Mexico 0 5 Canada 0 22 Netherlands 0 6 China 0 23 Poland 0 7 Denmark 0 24 Portugal 0 8 France 0 25 Romania 0 9 Germany 0 26 Serbia 0 10 Great Britain 0 27 Slovakia 0 11 Greece 0 28 Slovenia 0 12 Guatemala 0 29 Spain 0 13 India 0 30 Sweden 0 14 Indonesia 0 31 Tunisia 0 15 Ireland 0 32 Turkey 0 16 Israel 0 33 Ukraine 0 17 Italy 0 34 United States 0 And that's a wrap on tonight's procedings! Please join us at 09:00 a.m. (GMT) tomorrow morning for the Grand Final of the Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2025

Every nation should have received their voting templates by now!

Not sure what the place is to make sure most interested people see it, so I'll do it here: at 14:00 CET the Brazilian Snow Sports Federation will announce their athletes for the Winter Olympics and it's basically safe to say that our own Totallympian @brunamoura will be part of said announcement after how the weekend went It will presumably be a live thing on their Instagram, @brasilnaneve.

Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2025 Opening Ceremony Good evening and welcome to the Opening Ceremony of the Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2025! 34 nations have made their way to the Emerald Isle to participate in the 24th edition of this great musical extravaganza! Stay braced for a mystical-themed ceremony this evening where lines will be blurred between old and new, myth and modern as we make our way towards our host venue which will be revealed later. All music included in this ceremony comes from Irish musicians and composers as we celebrate the return of TISC to this nation for the first time in over 10 years! As we say here in Ireland: Céad Míle Fáilte.... One hundred-thousand welcomes Opening Theme: Battle of Cúl Dremne - Shaun Davey

Ok I have come up with some team nicknames ..... Wicklow Wolfhounds @Vic Liu @Agger@Wumo@mrv86@Topicmaster1010 Belfast Titanics @Belle@Bohemia@Benolympique@heywoodu Clare Banners @Bailer@hckošice@Fly_like_a_don@Roamingrover86@dezbee2008 Limerick Leprechauns @Griff88@amen09@justony Galway Girls @Dragon@kungshamra71@Memo Waterford Crystals @Henry_Leon@SteveParker@Gianlu33@Pablita@maestro@Yannakis@Erigert Dublin Druids @Cobi@Dnl@Glen Donegal Dannys @Ruslan@NikolaB@OlympicIRL Derry Oakleafs @Illya@IoNuTzZ@konig Mayo Mariners @Federer91@hoversaBR@Bearas Kilkenny Cats @catgamer@rybak@Fer GUA Q1 Pts Q2 Pts Q3 Pts Q4 Pts 1 Wicklow Wolfhounds 0 0 0 0 2 Belfast Titanics 0 0 0 0 3 Clare Banners 0 0 0 0 4 Limerick Leprechauns 0 0 0 0 5 Galway Girls 0 0 0 0 6 Waterford Crystals 0 0 0 0 7 Dublin Druids 0 0 0 0 8 Donegal Dannys 0 0 0 0 9 Derry Oakleafs 0 0 0 0 10 Mayo Mariners 0 0 0 0 11 Kilkenny Cats 0 0 0 0

Thank you so much!!

DENMARK Greetings from Denmark! It's with great honour, to be first national jury to reveal their votes in this revived version of TISC. Thank you to the host, @OlympicIRL, for putting together a great opening ceremony and for hosting TAISC 2025. These are the results of the votes of the Danish national jury! Canada 10 Mexico 9 Guatemala 8 Indonesia 7 Poland 6 Great Britain 5 Romania 4 France 3 Malta 2 Slovenia 1

Team Event I have come up with a quick team competition to allow me time to organise it in the short amount of time I have between now and the Grand Final. I will come up with some names for each team in the coming day (hopefully ). Nations will be divided into 10 teams of 3 and 1 team of 4, making 11 teams in total. For the team of 4, one of those nations will sit on the bench for each of the 4 sessions meaning only the scores of the other 3 nations of that team will count towards the team competition for that particular session. (Canada will sit on the bench in session 1, Denmark will sit on the bench in session 2, China in session 3 and Mexico in session 4). Teams were assigned based on voting position to help distribute when each team has a voting member as evenly as possible between each session. The team event will be an elimination-based event where the scores of the team members will be accumulated for that session or quarter and the teams with the lowest combined score will be eliminated and play no further part. Scores will be reset to zero after each quarter but in the event of a tie-break, the team with the highest ranking in the previous session will win the tie-breaker. In the event of a tie in the first round, all teams involved in the tie will be advanced to the next round. See details below about how many teams will be eliminated after each quarter 1st Quarter: 11 teams Top 9 teams advance to next round 2nd Quarter: 9 teams Top 7 teams advance to next round 3rd Quarter: 7 teams Top 5 teams advance to Final 4th Quarter: 5 teams No elimination Q1 Pts Q2 Pts Q3 Pts Q4 Pts 1 Team 1 0 0 0 0 2 Team 2 0 0 0 0 3 Team 3 0 0 0 0 4 Team 4 0 0 0 0 5 Team 5 0 0 0 0 6 Team 6 0 0 0 0 7 Team 7 0 0 0 0 8 Team 8 0 0 0 0 9 Team 9 0 0 0 0 10 Team 10 0 0 0 0 11 Team 11 0 0 0 0

Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2025 Thank you all so much for the love and support you have shown throughout my organisation of this TISC. I am so grateful to be part of this community It's also heartwarming to see TISC come back again after a hiatus and I hope we can keep the tradition alive. Once again, congratulations to my fellow medal winners and on maginificent silver and bronze medals A huge thank you to all who voted for Kingfishr and I am beyond happy to see how well this song was received and it truly exceeded any of my expectations. So thank you all so much But the biggest thanks is to all who participated in another TISC and allowed us to listen to music from across the world and have lots of fun along the way. I am so glad I am not the only one who thinks a TISC Grand Final Day is special. I need a little bit of time now to catch my breath again. In the meantime, I leave you with your TISC Annual 2025 champions, Kingfishr Kingfishr - Diamonds and Roses FINAL STANDINGS 1 Ireland 173 18 Turkey 70 2 Italy 133 19 Poland 67 3 Spain 118 20 Guatemala 66 4 Canada 109 21 Ukraine 65 5 Argentina 109 22 Malta 65 6 France 108 23 Portugal 65 7 Mexico 106 24 Tunisia 63 8 Romania 105 25 Denmark 59 9 Germany 103 26 Bulgaria 59 10 Albania 95 27 Lithuania 58 11 Netherlands 89 28 Indonesia 54 12 Israel 86 29 Greece 53 13 Great Britain 83 30 China 45 14 Kazakhstan 83 31 Slovenia 42 15 Serbia 82 32 Brazil 33 16 United States 82 33 Slovakia 28 17 Sweden 73 34 India 23

Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2025 Thank you Canada! Bulgaria gets the last 12 points of this year's TISC Annual! Congratulation! Almost no points at all for any of the top 10 songs in that final vote but that doesn't matter to Spain as they hang on to claim a precious bronze medal finish! And there you have it, our TISC Annual 2025 podium is complete! Give it up for our 3 medalists!! Ireland - Gold Italy - Silver Spain - Bronze Spain's bronze medal means it is the second time they have finished on the TISC podium following their victory in TISC Annual 2022! @Cobi Italy claim their 7th podium in TISC history and are silver medalists for a 3rd time! @Pablita@Gianlu33@Henry_Leon@SteveParker Ireland's gold medal secures a 6th TISC title for the Emerald Isle! Congratulations to Kingfishr on victory in TISC Annual 2025!! @OlympicIRL Juries Voted: 34/34 1 Ireland 173 18 Turkey 7 70 2 Italy 133 19 Poland 67 3 Spain 118 20 Guatemala 6 66 4 Canada 109 21 Ukraine 65 5 Argentina 109 22 Malta 4 65 6 France 108 23 Portugal 65 7 Mexico 3 106 24 Tunisia 63 8 Romania 105 25 Denmark 59 9 Germany 103 26 Bulgaria 12 59 10 Albania 95 27 Lithuania 58 11 Netherlands 89 28 Indonesia 9 54 12 Israel 1 86 29 Greece 53 13 Great Britain 2 83 30 China 10 45 14 Kazakhstan 5 83 31 Slovenia 42 15 Serbia 82 32 Brazil 33 16 United States 82 33 Slovakia 28 17 Sweden 11 73 34 India 8 23

to 12 points to

If @konig doesn’t make it to Session 4, we know that his wife has taken an intervention

We conclude tonight's concert at the Rock of Cashel by remembering a true queen of Irish music. Dolores O'Riordan, with a voice like no other.... we dearly miss you. It is only fitting that we conclude with Dolores and The Cranberries and the beautiful sound of Dreams to send us on our way before a busy day of Grand Final action tomorrow.... The Cranberries - Dreams

The first-half of voting nations have received their voting templates already. I will continue to work on the remaining templates for the second-half voting nations over the coming days

And as always, here were my personal points: 12 points : Denmark (I'm disappointed Denmark isn't doing better (for now), I've been listening to this song everyday for weeks) 11 points : Guatemala 10 points : Portugal 9 points : Tunisia 8 points : Mexico 7 points : Ireland 6 points : GB 5 points : USA 4 points : Netherlands 3 points : Argentina 2 points : Poland 1 point : China + reserves : Lithuania, Indonesia, Greece

BULGARIA Greetings from Bulgaria! Nothing better today, than snow outside, ski on TV and TAISC on PC These are the results of the votes of the Bulgarian national jury! Romania 10 Mexico 9 Brazil 8 Netherlands 7 Guatemala 6 Poland 5 Malta 4 Greece 3 Slovenia 2 Canada 1

Hello people, im in vacation with my family, i say to my wife "today is the song contest"and she answer "no!, you will talk only of that all the day!" And so it will be Thanks to all the jurys who vote us, first time ever we receive votes of Ruslan!

This is again one hell of a strong team we are in

SWEDEN Good morning from Sweden! These are the results of the votes of the Swedish national jury! Denmark 10 Portugal 9 Turkey 8 Albania 7 Canada 6 Argentina 5 Serbia 4 Italy 3 France 2 Mexico 1

Dear friends, it's time for some instrumental magic now. Please give it up for TISC Open 2016 winners, The Corrs.... The Corrs - Toss The Feathers

Parade of Nations Now that we have welcomed fans, distinguished guests and ancient gods and goddesses to the arena, it's high time we welcome our contestants! So without further ado, it's time to welcome our 34 national delegations to the arena! an Airgintín Argentina an Albáin Albania an Bhrasaíl Brazil an Bhreatain Mhór Great Britain an Bhulgáir Bulgaria an Chasacstáin Kazakhstan Ceanada Canada an Danmhairg Denmark an Fhrainc France an Ghearmáin Germany an Ghréig Greece Guatamala Guatemala an India India an Indinéis Indonesia an Iodáil Italy Iosrael Israel an Ísiltír Netherlands an Liotuáin Lithuania Málta Malta Meicsiceo Mexico an Pholainn Poland an Phortaingéil Portugal an Rómáin Romania an tSeirbia Serbia an tSín China an tSlóivéin Slovenia an tSlóvaic Slovakia an Spáinn Spain na Stáit Aontaithe United States an tSualainn Sweden an Túinéis Tunisia an Tuirc Turkey an Úcráin Ukraine Éire Ireland

So now you know the story of how this great musical festival came into existence, it's time for Ériu-Ceol to extend her welcoming embrace and reveal to you to the location for this year's TISC Annual 2025. Beneath the Rock of Cashel did she sleep one thousand years and it is to this great monument of Ireland we are gathered to bear witness to this beautiful celebration of music! The Rock of Cashel The Rock of Cashel in county Tipperary is one of Ireland's most iconic ancient monuments. It served as the seat of many of the great High Kings of Ireland, the most famous being Brian Boru, who was crowned high King of Ireland in 990 in this ancient kingdom of Munster. It is also said that on this spot, St.Patrick converted the pagan King Aengus to Christianity. Some long-time TISC fans will remember this was also the venue for the TISC Open in 2015 and it holds a special place in my heart as it is where we found our mascot Séamus all those years ago and who has been by my side ever since on our TISC journeys

Happy New Year to you all. Hope 2026 is a good one

Merry Christmas to all of you who are celebrating the holidays here on Totallympics! Hope it is a good one

Mery Christmas (and Happy Holidays if you do not celebrate it) to you and your beloved ones 🎄

So who claims Greenland's 12 then, or ??

Wow so many points for the Portuguese song, glad some of you liked it!! i was only able to check the contest now, but looks like it’s going well also one fun fact, I’ve been listening all this days to the song and Miranda! is now the official soundtrack of my trip! Love the Me Gusta song but also the Tu Misterioso Alguien, it’s so good!! Greetings from Argentina!

NETHERLANDS Benvenuti a tutti dalla splendida Falcade, nelle Dolomiti italiane! Ecco i voti della giuria olandese. Welcome everyone from beautiful Falcade, in the Italian Dolomites! Here are the Dutch jury's scores. France 10 Italy 9 Romania 8 Mexico 7 Brazil 6 Kazakhstan 5 Spain 4 Sweden 3 Indonesia 2 Great Britain 1

What kind of father doesn't give his son a point?

PORTUGAL Greetings from Portugal! These are the results of the votes of the Portuguese national jury! Mexico 10 Albania 9 Argentina 8 Kazakhstan 7 Romania 6 Poland 5 Italy 4 Sweden 3 Israel 2 Tunisia 1

INDIA Greetings from India! These are the results of the votes of the Indian national jury! Romania 10 Bulgaria 9 Slovakia 8 Serbia 7 Guatemala 6 Albania 5 Israel 4 Tunisia 3 China 2 Great Britain 1

SLOVAKIA Dobrý deň Írsko, Dobrý deň TISC Slovenská porota predstavuje výseldky hlasovania Hello, Ireland, Hello TISC ! Here are the votes of the Slovak jury Ireland 10 Sweden 9 Romania 8 Poland 7 Slovenia 6 Turkey 5 Ukraine 4 Italy 3 Indonesia 2 Guatemala 1

It's time to welcome TISC Annual 2019 winners to the stage, say hello to Kodaline.... Kodaline - All I Want

Please give a warm welcome to the one and only Snow Patrol.... Snow Patrol - Crack The Shutters

To conclude the formal part of the ceremony it's time to reveal the official song.... May We Never Have To Say Goodbye

For centuries, the Spioraid Ceol maintained a tireless vigil over the mountains to pay homage to their goddess Ériu-Ceol until the day that her sweet soothing music will return to the valleys once again and restore the serenity that once prevailed. Generations of Irish men and women, upon walking the hills in early morning and late evening, would recount stories of hearing the distant harmonies of the Spioraid Ceol, a most beautiful choir who sang their goddess to her slumber and will one day awaken from her long sleep.

Introduction In the mist-shrouded peaks of the Slieve Bloom Mountains, legend tells of Ériu-Ceol, the Celtic goddess of music. While her sisters Banba and Fódla claimed sovereignty over the soil, Ériu-Ceol claimed its spirit - the Amhrán Beatha or Song of Life. Along with her choir, the Spioraid Ceol, they filled the air with harmonious melodies that nurtured the land and all that inhabited it began to flourish. The Great Slumber: In the ancient days, when the Tuatha Dé Danann walked the land, the lilts of Ériu-Ceol and her choir were deafened by the din of iron and conquest. To preserve the pure melody of the land, Ériu-Ceol retreated to a hidden chamber beneath the Rock of Cashel. There, she instructed that her choir, the Spioraid-Ceol, cast a spell declaring that she would sleep for exactly one thousand years. Before closing her eyes, she whispered into the earth, "When the thousandth winter begins to thaw, my heartbeat shall beat once more like a drum and the winds shall summons musicians from every corner of the earth to herald my return".

Ok, I have added links to the rules for the team and pairs event in the first post in the thread. Please note, the team and pairs events will only be updated after every 3 juries during the Grand Final. I am planning to begin the Opening Ceremony at 19:30 GMT tomorrow but if it runs a bit later I will post on thread to let you know. Please don't expect wonders from the opening ceremony. When taking on the organisation I said we will have a slimmed down version of TISC this time as I have been juggling it with my work, Christmas, holidays and now exams too . I wish I could have prepared more but I prioritised what was important and essential. But the main thing was I wanted to get TISC up and running once more after a hiatus of over a year and I'm sure you will agree that's the most important thing and hopefully we will have a fun day together like we usually do. See you all soon, if you have any questions, let me know!

Hello from the final Totallympics time zone (as far as I know)...it’s me again. You didn't think I'd let this little tradition of mine die out unceremoniously did you? Of course, not (hopefully). I certainly wouldn't want to disappoint. So here's the final post made of 2025 on Totallympics. Honestly, and this could be personal bias leaking in, it felt like a rather bleak year. Conflicts seemed to spring up faster than Labubu variants, with the pull of both polarization and intolerance growing louder and more worrisome by the day. The forum, like many public spaces, wasn’t free from this upheaval. But it certainly wasn’t all doom and gloom, either. Users came together to celebrate those remarkable achievements that make the impossible feel a bit more possible. Enjoyed the company of an eclectic collection of nerds, jocks, and everything in between. Sharing their passions across numerous threads and topics. And engaging in spirited – sometimes a little too spirited – discussions on the day’s news, results, announcements, and everything else. In many ways, I felt myself becoming more thankful for the connection forums/communities/groups like this provide us with. It made me reflect on how lucky I am to have so many wonderful online acquaintances. Not to mention the web of supportive personal friends, exceptional co-workers and steadfast family members I can lean on and spend time with, day after day. So in the continued spirit of reflection, I chose to remember this year as a collection of moments: good and bad; short and prolonged; discouraging and joyous, and otherwise disinclined. It might not have been the best year all-around, but it certainly was full of life and memories. And it’s hard not to appreciate that. And so, I propose we enter the new year full of hope, full of life, and full of the courage to face whatever comes our way head-on. It costs nothing to try, so why not? Anyways, that’s my soppy message to end 2025. Happy New Year Totallympics!

Happy new Olympic Year dear Totallympians !

Due Schmidt reached an Olympic Q time in SLC at the end of the qualifying window. 6'29''76 for 6'30 in the 5000. This means he can honor his place in the MS. Denmark will have 2 skaters.

Personal votes: Poland (12 points) Ireland (11 points) Ukraine (10 points) Italy (9 points) Canada (8 points) Sweden (7 points) Indonesia (6 points) Greece (5 points) Kazakhstan (4 points) Romania (3 points) Mexico (2 points) United States (1 point) China (1st Reserve) Albania (2nd Reserve) Great Britain (3rd Reserve)

Here my personal votes 12 points to 11 to 10 to 9 to 8 to 7 to 6 to 5 to 4 to 3 to 2 to 1 to

For centuries, while Ériu-Ceol had been in her slumber, her sister Fódla kept watch over the wild, the quiet places of the land. It is from this calm and serenity of the wilderness that Fódla first senses the awakening of her sister. No war, no reckoning, no judgement does Ériu-Ceol embark on her re-awakening. Instead she stands upon the Hill of Tara, her voice amplified by the wind, calling forth the musicians from all corners of the globe to descend upon the Emerald Isle and create music so great and pure so as to deafen the noise of machine, the destruction of war and banish the silence of despair. She declares a great music contest shall commence and the victor shall bear the Ór geal (the crown of gold) and the very wind itself will carry their melody across the land for another millennium until Ériu-Ceol will next return. Fódla follows the whispering winds of Ériu-Ceol and is led to the Ór geal and sets forth to announce news of the great Song Contest across the land and overseas.

Happy New Year. I wish you many blessings and a successful year for us all.